]]>By: Timhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-88
Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:09:04 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-88The only reason that Valley Christian is still ranked in the top ten is to bring them down slowly as to not make you guys look foolish at the beginning of the season by ranking them number one. But oh, I forgot, you guys never rank teams by their previous season performances.
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Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:30:58 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-87SF finished the year 7 and 6 and completely dismantled an oak grove team that was ranked #24 in the nation and this LS joke says they took a playoff spot from a team with a better record?!?!?!

hey buddy, this is the real world, i don’t care if some small school like menlo high school finished @ 10-0…

they would have gotten bumped from the playoffs in divi 1 in the opening round…

some schools roll with the big dogs, because they play in tough leagues and the competition makes them better in the long run…

who cares if VC has lost two games, they would wipe your typical ccs team up and down the field…

go wcal!!!

go lancers!!!

btw, i agree completely with the rankings, but when the lancers meet the eagles in the playoffs, expect domination!!!

]]>By: LShttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-86
Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:39:50 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-86i want to say one more thing, i hear what you are talking about when it comes to quality wins. I AGREE 100% with you on that. but the fact remains that a loss is a loss and vc wasn’t moved down until the writers couldn’t justify keeping them up there any more.

but the point is and its lost on you-this isn’t college. jsut because so and so says such and such school is the best in the nation-and vc plays them-doesn’t mean vc should be given bonus points for playing them HERE ON THESE RANKINGS. that’s the point that you missed. quailty wins and losses (in my opinion)don’t apply here in these rankings.

why? because again-those outside teams don’t play here. but YOUR LOGIC IS THIS-if a team goes 0-5 against all outside state ranked teams-but goes 5-0 against home city teams that they should be given more credit.

no matter how you want to spin it

5-5

is average.

reminds me of a few years ago when sf started out 0-6 and went on to finish 6-6.

and still made the playoffs? yes they beat og in the final that year but og had injuries and wasn’t the same team in the finals. bottom line is-sf took a playoff spot from a team with a better record-simply because of who it played.

thats just down right wrong.

but it also was fishy that nancy lasen-blazers son (i believe now) played on that team and got a favorable call from the ccs.

the same group she runs.

go figure.

wrong

wrong

wrong.

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Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:30:24 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-85my logic makes no sense come on now. what YOUR SAYING MAKES NO SENSE AND IS TYPICAL OF YOU GUYS listen no matter how you want to spin it-only reason you put them down is because you knew we’d start complaining about it. so come on now. i probably follow highschool sport more than you have BEING THAT I GREW UP HERE AND HAVE FOLLOWED IT AND PLAYED IT SINCE WAAAAAAAAAAY BEFORE YOU GUYS EVEN WERE AROUND.

so come on now. fact is you guys give to much credit to schools how have loads of money and simply play outside schools so they can gain more exposure. please, dont be in denial-highschool sports is big business and you know it and i know it. when was the last time you wrote about lincolns winning streak? ya know the what..longest one in the ccs? seriously-what i’m sick of is fools trying to cover it up with…oh know one will play them. well hell when they RECRUIT and GET FAVORABLE ATTENTION then i can seek why some might not want to play them.

my logic makes perfect sense because its true. don’t admit it i never expect you to. but the fact hat vc moved down was for one reason and one reason only-YOU STUPID ASS FINALY REALISED THEY AREN’T AS GOOD AS THEY HAVE BEEN SO YOU CAN NO LONGER FOOL ANYONE.

oak groove should be number one and would take vc out any day of the week.

can’t find quality teams-lol-are you serious?

again i stand by my thoughts. and you proved me right. fact of the matter is you’d keep vc up there at the top spot even with 2 loses-IF OAK GROOVE DIDN’T MAN UP SF LIKE IT DID. ONLY REASON YOU MOVED OG UP THERE IS BECAUSE OF WHAT I JUST SAID AND AGAIN YOUR STUPID ASS CAN’T JUSTIFY KEEPING VC IN THE TOP SPOT IF WHEN YO KNOW OG WOULD TAKE IT TO THEM.

the merc has had a long history of doing this kinda crap. again i’ve been reading and following high school ball long before you were writing about it. your biased (as you’ve been accused of before)

HAS ALWAYS SHOWN.

i’ll be awaiting that front page write up of lincoln any day now.

but i won’t hold my breath.

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Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:45:36 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-84Another reason VC has been playing a lot of out of section teams as of late is because they can’t find quality CCS teams that will play them. Ever wonder why Oak Grove and VC never play each other and the two schools are only a stones throw from each other?

(That reads a little better)

]]>By: CCS Footballhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/comment-page-1/#comment-83
Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:43:04 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-83Another reason VC has been playing also of out of section teams as of late is because no CCS will play them. Ever wonder why Oak Grove and VC never play each other and the two schools are a stones throw from each other?
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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:51:40 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-82Ls, wow your logic does not make sense at all. Though these rankings take into account only CCS teams I do believe the writers understand a quality win as opposed to a win against a team such as Harker. I would rather be a team that play teams that are highly ranked in other sections and lose as opposed to playing lowly teams in section and win. For you to say these teams only play outside of section because they have money is ridiculous. One of the many reasons they play outside of section is for the competition. It may also serve as good preparation for difficult leagues such as the WCAL. Your claim that Valley Christian is not number one because of a close win against SLV is preposterous. Do you know VC has lost twice? That’s why they are not number one buddy. Do you actually follow highschool sports or have you decided to be a tool on a blog for the day??
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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:58:05 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-81rankings are fine. but i still disagree what leigh should be ranked over ahead of certain teams one including lincoln who has returned the majority of its players from the last 2 years-and has a what 14 game winning streak?

overall the rankings are pretty spot on but one thing i kinda question. why should we look at vc and the saint francis of this world with higher rankings? just because they played out side ccs teams? by that logic then (its a college logic that you have) then we should rank de la salle and the likes in the top spot in the ccs and the merc rankings. it makes no sense. a loss is a loss and this isn’t the pro’s or college. do i think vc and oak grove and sf etc..do i think they are the cream of the crop? yes i do but i think if they loose..they loose-you can’t just say..oh well they lost to the number one team in the country so that lose doesn’t count because its not part of the ccs. i don’t get it.. you give them credit for playing out side teams-but you don’t discredit them when they loose? only reason vc went down (and dont lie now) is because of its close game to scvl(i forget the team). if they had blown them out in that game they’d still be number one.

it just doesn’t make sense. keep the teams records in perspective. in my opinion you can’t give TOO MUCH credit for the teams that play outside team-If you do that then you have to rank those outside teams here as well.

just because vc plays de la-doesn’t mean they’ll fun up oak groove or saint francis or leigh or anyone else.

just means they play good teams because they have the money to travel.

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Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:36:19 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/hssports/2006/09/26/oak-grove-is-the-new-no-1/#comment-80V Scerba, you obviously must not have been really reading the highschool sports section over the years because if you did you would know there has been no change in the writers. Though I may not agree with the rankings every week these guys are quite good at explaining why they have made these choices. I could say its definitley better than the Oakland Tribune’s way.
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